charge d'affaires
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Noun (1)
- the official temporarily in charge of a diplomatic mission in the absence of the ambassadorType of diplomat, diplomatist
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Char′gé′ d'af′faires′ noun; pl. Chargés d'affaires.
Origin: F., “charged with affairs.”
A diplomatic representative, or minister of an inferior grade, accredited by the government of one state to the minister of foreign affairs of another; also, a substitute, ad interim, for an ambassador or minister plenipotentiary.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54